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The accident should be a salutary lesson to be more careful.
the low interest rates should have a salutary effect on business
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That kind of give-and-take seems rare in national life at the moment, but Boot touches on other aspects of Reagan’s leadership that are anything but salutary.
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
The results should make salutary reading for the U.K.’s new government, which has been talking a lot about the need for growth but also proposing new laws concerning workers’ rights and is believed to be contemplating higher taxes in its first Budget next month.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
But the evolution of personal computing offers a salutary lesson.
—Vipul Ved Prakash, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
Antitrust enthusiasts often point to this as an example of salutary government intervention, but this is a classic post hoc ergo propter hoc error.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 Aug. 2024
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
The results should make salutary reading for the U.K.’s new government, which has been talking a lot about the need for growth but also proposing new laws concerning workers’ rights and is believed to be contemplating higher taxes in its first Budget next month.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
But the evolution of personal computing offers a salutary lesson.
—Vipul Ved Prakash, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
Antitrust enthusiasts often point to this as an example of salutary government intervention, but this is a classic post hoc ergo propter hoc error.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Salutary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salutary. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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salutary
adjective
sal·u·tary
ˈsal-yə-ˌter-ē 
1
: producing a good result
2
: furthering good health
salutariness
noun
Medical Definition
salutary
adjective
sal·u·tary
ˈsal-yə-ˌter-ē
: promoting health : curative
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